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Victim's family concerned over accused killer's release

An absolute priority: That's how crucial police say it is to find an accused killer who was mistakenly released from a Department of Corrections facility in Baltimore on Friday. Kai Reed has more on the accidental release of Rodriguez Purnell and those who are concerned most.

An absolute priority: That's how crucial police say it is to find an accused killer who was mistakenly released from a Department of Corrections facility in Baltimore on Friday. Kai Reed has more on the accidental release of Rodriguez Purnell and those who are concerned most.

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Updated: 7:18 AM EDT Oct 21, 2014

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WEBVTT EXCHANGE. SOME GOOD NEWS FINALLY ABOUT THE EBOLA OUTBREAK TONIGHT, PLUS HOW A LOCAL COMPANY COULD HELP END THE EPIDEMIC. AND BACK ON THE STREETS. AN ERROR BY STATE CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS ALLOW A MURDER SUSPECT TO WALK FREE. THIS WAS IN BALTIMORE THREE DAYS AGO, WHERE THEY SAY THEY WANT TO FIND AN ACCUSED MURDERER. WE HAVE THE VERY LATEST. PURNELL WAS RELEASED FROM CENTRAL BOOKING, AND HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN ON NOVEMBER 19, BUT RIGHT NOW, INVESTIGATORS DO NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS, AND THE BIG M'S FAMILY MEMBERS ARE TERRIFIED. NEXT HE CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS RELEASED ON FRIDAY. SOMEBODY AT DOC MESSED UP AND LET HIM OUT. JACKIE DAVIS GOT THE NEWS THAT THE MAN IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HER SON WAS SOMEHOW RELEASED FROM A STATE DETENTION TO LICHTY IN BALTIMORE WHEN HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE. THIS NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. SOMEBODY AT THE DOC DID NOT DO THEIR JOB. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GET HIM SOON AND PUT HIM BACK WHERE HE BELONGS. LAST YEAR, SLUMPED OVER IN HIS CAR, THE VICTIM WAS FOUND. PURNE LL WAS WAITING FOR TRIAL FOR MURDER WHEN HE WAS RELEASED. A CORRECTIONS OFFICIAL COULD NOT GIVE ANY DETAILS AS TO HOW THIS REALLY HAPPENED, BUT THEY SAID TO HAVE A MAJOR INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY, AND MISTAKEN RELEASES ARE EXTREMELY RARE. WHEN THEY DO HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAPPENED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PURNEL IS OVER SIX FEET TALL AND WEIGHS ABOUT 75 -- 175 POUNDS. MY SISTER AND FAMILY LIVE THERE AND WALK BACK IN THAT AREA. MY CONCERN IS NOT ONLY FOR THEM BUT ALSO FOR THE WITNESSES IN THE CASE. NOW, JACKIE DAVIS GOT CONCERNED WHEN SHE SAID PEOPLE ON TACTIC HER OVER THE WEEKEND, SAYING THAT THEY SPOTTED HIM.

Victim's family concerned over accused killer's release

An absolute priority: That's how crucial police say it is to find an accused killer who was mistakenly released from a Department of Corrections facility in Baltimore on Friday. Kai Reed has more on the accidental release of Rodriguez Purnell and those who are concerned most.